
April 18th, 2025
From the current reality, FTX is likely to file for bankruptcy protection if it does not get the cash injections it needed to fulfill customers’ withdrawal requests.
Binance is reportedly having second thoughts about acquiring FTX after reviewing the embattled exchange’s financials.
The massive liquidity crisis at the FTX exchange has prompted calls for clear regulations in the US crypto market.
Binance backs out of the FTX deal citing concerns over the mishandling of customers’ funds by FTX and alleged US agency investigations. The Crypto market loses another $100 billion.
Bitcoin is in free fall and trading at around $16,700. A short-term squeeze is expected as institutional investors jump in to buy the dip.
The news came as FTX faced an apparent liquidity crunch following the collapse of its native token.
Following its purchase of Coinbase stock at the end of October, Ark Invest has added an additional 420,949 units of COIN.
The Bloomberg Billionaires Index estimated SBF’s wealth to be $15.6 billion on the morning of November 8.
The address is a follow-up to the company’s massive struggle to stay afloat with the breakdown of its native FTT token, along with a run on the exchange that eventually led to the company having to pause all withdrawals.
Antitrust specialists are concerned about how Binance and FTX made the acquisition deal through Twitter first.
Following the news that Binance was acquiring FTX, the FTT token began to rebound.
The collapse of FTX tokens has sent tremors across the entire crypto industry. ETH withdrawals on FTX have skyrocketed by more than 90% in the last few days.
FTX token value plunged another 20% in the last 24 hours. Nearly $1 billion in FTT market value has eroded since the Binance episode.
Earlier, CZ threatened that Binance would liquidate all the FTT tokens in its book.
Amid speculations over the financials of Alameda Research, Binance chief Changpeng Zhao decided to liquidate his remaining holding of FTX tokens leading to a strong price correction.